| Official State Web Site |
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| Connect with your state's official website to find all manner of state agencies and information, including how to contact your governor and/or your representatives in the Senate and House: |
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| www.virginia.gov/cmsportal2/ |
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| Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 3 |
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| Child and Family Services
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services
P.O. Box 1797 |
| Richmond VA 23218 |
| (800) 234-1448 (Central Directory for Early Intervention Services) |
| (804) 786-3710 |
| maryann.discenza@co.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov |
| www.infantva.org |
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| State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth |
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| Child and Family Services
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services
P.O. Box 1797 |
| Richmond VA 23218 |
| (804) 786-3710 |
| www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov |
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| Councils on Developmental Disabilities |
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| Virginia Board for People with Disabilities
Ninth Street Office Building
202 N. Ninth Street, 9th Floor |
| Richmond VA 23219 |
| (800) 846-4464 (In VA) |
| (804) 786-0016 (V/TTY); |
| www.vaboard.org |
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| Protection and Advocacy Agency |
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| Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA)
1910 Byrd Avenue, Suite 5 |
| Richmond VA 23230 |
| (800) 552-3962 (In VA) |
| (804) 225-2042 (V/TTY) |
| www.vopa.state.va.us/ |
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| Client Assistance Program |
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| Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency. |
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| State CHIP Program |
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| (health care for low-income uninsured children)
FAMIS
P.O. Box 1820 |
| Richmond VA 23218-1820 |
| (866) 873-2647 |
| www.famis.org |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired or Deaf-Blind |
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| Education Services
Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
397 Azalea Avenue |
| Richmond VA 23227-3600 |
| (804) 371-3140 |
| glen.slonneger@dbvi.virginia.gov |
| www.vdbvi.org |
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| Together We Can: Virginia's Deaf-Blind Project
Partnership for People with Disabilities
Virginia Commonwealth University
700 E. Franklin Street, 10th Floor
P.O. Box 843020 |
| Richmond VA 23284-3020 |
| (804) 828-8252 |
| www.twc-deafblind.state.va.us |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
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| Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1602 Rolling Hills Drive, Suite 203 |
| Richmond VA 23229-5012 |
| (800) 552-7917 (V/TTY) |
| (804) 662-9502 (V/TTY) |
| frontdsk@vddhh.virginia.gov |
| www.vddhh.org |
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| Telecommunications Relay Services |
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| (800) 828-1140 (V) |
| (800) 828-1120 (TTY); 711 (TTY) |
| (800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech - English) |
| (866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech - Spanish) |
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| Regional ADA Technical Assistance Center |
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| DBTAC: Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
TransCen, Inc.
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 700 |
| Rockville MD 20850 |
| (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY) |
| (301) 217-0124 (V/TTY) |
| adainfo@transcen.org |
| www.adainfo.org |
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| University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities |
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| Partnership for People with Disabilities
Virginia Commonwealth University
700 E. Franklin Street, 10th Floor
P.O. Box 843020 |
| Richmond VA 23284-3020 |
| (800) 828-1120 |
| (804) 828-3876 (V/TTY) |
| forelove@vcu.edu |
| www.vcu.edu/partnership |
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| Special Format Library |
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| Virginia Library and Resource Center
Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
395 Azalea Avenue |
| Richmond VA 23227 |
| (800) 552-7015 (V/TTY) |
| (804) 371-3661 (V/TTY); |
| barbara.mccarthy@dbvi.virginia.gov |
| www.vdbvi.org/ |
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| Disability-Specific Organizations |
| Attention Deficit Disorder |
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| To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 150 |
| Landover MD 20785 |
| (800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet) |
| (301) 306-7070 |
| www.chadd.org |
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| Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543 |
| Pottstown PA 19464-0543 |
| (484) 945-2101 |
| www.add.org |
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Virginia Autism Resource Center
4100 Price Club Boulevar
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| Richmond VA 23112 |
| (877) 667-7771 |
| (804) 674-8888, ext. 5161 |
| info@varc.org |
| www.grafton.org |
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| Visual Impairment |
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American Foundation for the Blind Information Center
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
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| New York NY 10001 |
| (212) 502-7600 |
| (800) 232-5463 |
| afbinfo@afb.net |
| www.afb.org |
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| Brain Injury |
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| Brain Injury Association of Virginia
1506 Willow Lawn Drive, Suite 112 |
| Richmond VA 23230 |
| (804) 355-5748 |
| (800) 334-8443 (in VA) |
| info@biav.net |
| www.biav.net |
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| Epilepsy |
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Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia
UVA Medical Center
P.O. Box 800659
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| Charlottesville VA 22908 |
| (800) 332-1000 (National Answer Place line) |
| (804) 796-9935 (Richmond) |
| (434) 924-8669 (Charlottesville) |
| srb3m@virginiainfo.edu |
| www.efva.org |
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| Speech, Language, and Hearing |
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| Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, Inc.
3126 W. Cary Street, #436 |
| Richmond VA 23221 |
| (888) 729-7428 |
| shavoffice@shav.org |
| www.shav.org |
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| Tourette Syndrome |
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| Tourette Syndrome Association of Greater Washington
33 University Boulevard East |
| Silver Spring MD 20901-2485 |
| (877) 295-2148 |
| (301) 681-4133 |
| TSAGW@aol.com |
| www.TSAGW.org |
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| Organizations for Parents |
| Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) |
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| Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC)
100 N. Washington Street, Suite 234 |
| Falls Church VA 22046 |
| (703) 923-0010 |
| (800) 869-6782 |
| (804) 819-1999 (Richmond) |
| partners@peatc.org |
| www.peatc.org/ |
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| Other Parent Organization |
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| The Arc of Virginia Family Involvement Project
2025 E. Main Street, Suite 107 |
| Richmond VA 23223 |
| (888) 604-2677 ext. 103 |
| (804) 649-8481 ext. 103 |
| dholloway@arcfip.org |
| www.arcfip.org |
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| Other Disability Organizations |
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| Easter Seals Virginia
8003 Franklin Farms Drive, Suite 100 |
| Richmond VA 23229 |
| (866) 874-4153 |
| (804) 287-1007 |
| www.va.easterseals.com |
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| Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)
Regional Unit of the Virginias and Carolinas
3500 Remson Court |
| Charlottesville VA 22901 |
| (866) 877-7323 |
| (434) 293-4797 |
| ceure@rfbd.org |
| www.rfbd.org/ruvc |
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| Independent Living |
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| To find out the contact information for the Statewide
Independent Living Council (SILC) in your state, contact:
Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000 |
| Houston TX 77019 |
| (713) 520-0232 (V) |
| (713) 520-5136 (TTY) |
| ilru@ilru.org |
| www.ilru.org |
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| To find out the contact information for centers for
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 5th Floor |
| Washington DC 20036 |
| (202) 207-0334 (V) |
| (202) 207-0340 (TTY) |
| ncil@ncil.org |
| www.ncil.org |
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